CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest and most successful
investment firms with a portfolio of businesses that includes Hertz Rental Car,
Allison Transmission and Dunkin' Donuts, announced today that it has acquired
DuPont's paint business. Although the people, products and technologies will remain
the same, the paint business, which sponsors the No. 24 Chevrolet of Hendrick
Motorsports and driver Jeff Gordon in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has been
rebranded as Axalta Coating Systems.

Jeff Gordon, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Photo by: Eric Gilbert

The Axalta Coating Systems name will begin appearing on the No. 24 team car in the
second quarter of the year. In the meantime, on-car branding will include familiar
automotive paint brands and products such as Standox®, Spies Hecker, Imron®, and
CromaxPro®, an environmentally friendly water-based paint brand.

"While these are big changes for us, our commitment to the No. 24 team, Jeff Gordon
and NASCAR remains the same," said John McCool, president, Axalta Coating Systems.
"We are proud to continue our sponsorship of the No. 24 team and Jeff Gordon in 2013.

"Our Performance Coatings business started the sponsorship of Jeff Gordon more than
20 years ago, and Axalta Coating Systems will continue the longest current sponsor-
driver-team relationship in NASCAR in 2013."

Since the inception of the sponsorship, which began at the last race of the season at
Atlanta Motor Speedway on Nov. 15, 1992, the program has achieved four NASCAR Cup
Series championships and 87 wins while the business has entertained more than 250,000
customers through at-track hospitality events.

"We may have a new name on the No. 24 Chevrolet SS in 2013, but it's the same core
group that I've enjoyed working with for more than 20 years," said Gordon. "We've had
success together on and off the track.

"We plan to carry that success into our third decade."

The Axalta Coating Systems contract with Hendrick Motorsports includes 14 primary
paint schemes annually on Gordon's No. 24 car. The first primary paint scheme of 2013
will be at Texas Motor Speedway in April and will run at various races throughout the
year including the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

"People and relationships are important to our organization," said Rick Hendrick,
owner of Hendrick Motorsports. "These are the same folks who have spent more than two
decades executing one of the most successful sponsorship programs in sports. They
understand the value of NASCAR, and we've already had positive conversations about
the future. It's been an incredible partnership that we look forward to building on
even more."